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A. J. MORRISON.

FASTENING FOB. MAIL BAGS.

No. 373,679. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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FASTENING FOR MAIL BAGS. No. 373,679. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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FASTENlNG FOR MAIL-BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373.679, dated November22, 1887.

Application filed September 28, 1587. Serial Nov 250,948. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom, it may concern;

Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. MORRIsON, of the village of West Troy,county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Destination-Tag Holders and. Fastenings for Mail Sacksand Pouches, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements upon that class of devices whichare made to receive a destination tag, and are used to secure thefilling and emptying ends of postal-sacks and mail-pouches into whichmaihmatter is being putwhile being sorted in postal cars andpostoiiices; and the object and purpose of my invention is to betteradapt this class of devices for rapid and convenient operation whenbeing opened and closed. I

Accompanying this specification, to form a part of it, there are twoplates of drawings containing nine figures illustrating my invention,with the same designation of parts by letter reference used in all ofthem.

Of these illustrations, Figure 1 is a top View of my improved tag holderand fastener with the cord-hasp turned down and as it is when applied tosecure the cord. Fig. 2 shows an end view of the device shown at Fig. 1.Fig.

3 is a top view of the device with the cord hasp turned over and down onits pivoted connection, so as to bring what is its under surface when inposition as uppermost in this illustration. Fig. 4 shows the device withthe cord that closes the sack inserted in the mechanism and as securedthereby, illustratingalso a part of the postal-sack. Fig. 5 shows a partof the under side of the cord-hasp, illustrating a spring-catch arrangedupon its outer end. Fig. 6 shows the cord-hasp as detachedfrom thehasp-plate, and with what is its upper surface when in use illustratedas uppermost. Fig. 7 shows a modification illustrated in a top View, andin which modification the hook by which the sack is hung up arrangedupon the end of the haspplate instead of the side, as in the otherillustrations. Fig. 8 shows a side View of the modification illustratedat Fig. 7. Fig.9 showsa top view of the modification illustrated at Fig.7 with the cord-hasp removed and the hook omitted.

The several parts of the apparatus thus illustrated are designated byletter reference, and the function of the parts is described as follows:

Th e letter F designates the hasp plate, which is adapted to attach toone side of the top opening of a postal-sack or mail-pouch by means ofrivets, as indicated at a.

The letter S designates a staple arranged upon one end of thehasp-plate, and cl (Z designate elongated openings made in the haspplatefor the passage of the sack-cord C.

The letter A designates a recess formed in the hasp-plate, for receivinga tag for indicating destination.

The letter H designates a hook arranged on the haspplate by which theopening side of the sack can be hung up when the top is closed.

The letter D indicates the cord hasp, which is hinged at its inner endto the hasp plate, as indicated at h, and which hasp is constructed tohave on its under side, near its hinged end, the projection p, and atits outer end the opening 0 for the passage of the staple S.

The letter 0 designates a spring-catch arranged on the outer end of thebeep, by which it can be latched onto the end of the haspplate, and theletters at designate openings for. the passage of the cord loop arrangedtherein.

The apparatus thus described is used in con nection with a postal-sack,T, as follows: The ends of thesaclr'cord Gare each passed through one ofthe openings at, made in the cord-hasp, and also are each passed throughone of the openings d, made in the hasp-plate, with the loop end E ofthecord projecting from the cordhasp, and each of the ends of the cord thusthreaded through the device is attached to the top of the sack or pouch,so as to close the same when the cord on the loop end is drawn outwardlytherefrom through the openings in the hasp-plate and hrisp, (the latterbeing in partturned up on its hinged connection;) and when the sack isopened the cord is drawn back toward the sack through the openings inthe hasp-plate and hasp, with the latter unlatched and free from thestaple, and the cord being still threaded through the plate and hasp,with its loop end E projecting from the hasp. When it is desired tosecure the sack-opening, the loop end of the cord is drawn outwardlyuntil the openingin the sack is closed, when the cord-hasp is forceddown, so that it passes over the staple S, and the loop end of the cordis passed through the latter, as shown at Fig. 4, the projection 19 onthe under side of the-cord-hasp, when the latter is thus forced down,making a secure bite on the cord to hold it as thus placed, with thespring-catch a latching onto the end of the hasp-plate to keep it fromdetaching.

Instead of the spring-catch c, a lock or any other wellknown means maybe employed to connect the end of the cord hasp with the haspplate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. The combination, with a draw-cord that is adapted to close the mouthof a postalsack,

substantially as described, of the hasp-plate P, attached to the sack,said hasp-plate being made with the cordpassages d d and the staple S,and the cordhasp D, hinged to said hasp-plate and made with the openingsm m, staple-opening O, and the projection 19 on its under surface, saidparts being constructed and arranged to be operated substantially in themanner as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with a draw-cord that is adapted to close the mouthof a postal-sack, substantially as described, ofthe hasp-plate P,attached to said sack and made with the cordpassages d d and staple S,and. the cord-hasp D, hinged to said hasp plate and made with thecord-passages m m, staple-opening 0, projection p, and fastening c, saidparts being constructed to be operated substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

3. The combination, with a draw-cord that is adapted to close the mouthof a postal-sack, substantially as described, of the hasp-plate P,

attached to said sack and made with the tag recess A, cordbpening d d,and staple S, and the cord-hasp D, hinged to said hasp-plate and madewith the cord-openings mm, staple-opening 0, and with the projection pon its under surface, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4:. The combination, with a draw-cord that is adapted to close the mouthof a postal-sack, substantially as described, of the hasp-plate P,attached to the sack and made with the hook I-I, cord passages 01 d, andstaple S. and the cord-hasp D, hinged to said hasp-plate and made withthe openings at m, staple-opening O, and having the projection 19 on itsunder surface, constructed and arranged to be operated substantially inthe manner as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 17th day of September, 1887, in thepresence of the two witnesses whose names are hereto written.

ANDREW J. MORRISON.

.Witnesses:

CHARLES S. BRINTNALL, W. E. HAGAN.

